$4M drug bust leads to 10 arrests, is believed to be linked to West End Gang

Police have nabbed 10 people and a large supply of illicit drugs in a major drug bust believed to be linked to the West End Gang.

SWAT teams swooped in as eight raids took place early Thursday morning resulting in the arrests, said Cmdt. Jocelyn Bergeron, head of the Montreal police street gangs unit for the south part of Montreal.

A total of 18 kilograms of cocaine, two kilograms of hashish, about 15 kilograms of marijuana, firearms, 128 mature pot plants, proof of conspiracy, and $300,000 in cash were all found in the series of raids in the west and north parts of Montreal.